Hii J H, Legault L, DeVeber G, Vas S I
Department of Microbiology, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Kidney Dis. 1990 Jun;15(6):595-7. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80532-4.
A case of disseminated blastomycosis in a male renal transplant recipient is presented. Discontinuation of immunosuppressive therapy and treatment with high-dose ketoconazole was successful in treating the patient's cutaneous and pulmonary disease initially. Ketoconazole was discontinued after 12 months of chronic therapy, but 2 weeks after discontinuation, blastomycosis recurred. High-dose ketoconazole was again effective; the patient remains asymptomatic presently on chronic suppressive therapy with ketoconazole.
